The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made an important appeal to Google and Apple. In the letter penned by an FCC official, TikTok was requested to be removed from the Google Play Store and App Store. Those who remember the Donald Trump era know the tension between TikTok and the US administration. So what happened now that the USA and TikTok came face to face?
The letter written by the FCC official is quite serious. Because both companies have been given time until 8 July. Apple and Google need to respond by this date. Otherwise, it is not yet known what kind of measures the FCC will take. Let’s take a closer look at the USA’s claims about TikTok.
“Tiktok is not just a video sharing platform”
In the letter, written by an FCC official named Brendan Carr, it is claimed that TikTok is not an ordinary video sharing platform. According to the FCC official, this platform is a “surveillance” practice used by the Chinese government. Saying that the data of US users is not secure, the official says that the platform has become a national security risk and this is unacceptable. Carr bases these claims on audio recordings that were recently released.
Data from US users also went to China
One of the proposals presented for the tension between the US and TikTok was that the data of US users would remain in the US. However, it turned out that this was not the case. According to the audio recordings served in the past days, user data that should remain in the USA can be accessed from Beijing. This audio recording has caused the FCC official to write a letter to explain the situation and to activate Google and Apple.
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